Oct 5 - 11

Autumn, week 3

"Enlightenment is the ability to give totally in every second. It's not about having some great experience. Such moments may occur, but they don't make an enlightened life." --Joko Beck

Saturday Zen: Sat Oct 6, 10:00 - 11:45am
room 24
Community UU
468 Rosedale Ave
White Plains, NY
Practice to be led by Meredith Garmon

Morning Zen. Tue and Thu, 6:00 - 7:15am
Basement Zendo. See HERE.

Chants
For Fri Oct 5 - Thu Oct 11:

• Observing the One who is Dim and Dull, p. 19
• Realizing the Way, p. 19
• Heart Sutra, p. 14

Opening and Closing for Oct 5 - Nov 1:

• Opening: The Way I Must Enter + Oneness, pp. 80, 82
• Closing: Healing is Situated in Love, p. 71

See Boundless Way Zen Sutra Book, 4th ed. and
BoWZ Westchester Chant Schedule

Reading for Sat Oct 6:

• Primary Reading: Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special, last chapter, "Practice is Giving," p. 271-73.
• Optional Secondary Reading: Thich Nhat Hanh, Old Path White Clouds, Ch. 15, "Forest Ascetic," pp. 100-109.
• Next Book starts week of Oct 7-13: angel Kyodo williams, Radical Dharma

This Week's Koan: Blue Cliff Record #79, Touzi and "Every Voice Is the Buddha's Voice". HERE.
This Week's Raven Tale: #73, Follow Your Bliss. HERE.

KOAN INDEX
RAVEN INDEX